Reckless panegyrics of this kind show a kindly nature and a good heart, and Mr. Mackenzie's Highland Daydreams could not possibly offend any one.
Of all the daydreams of my boyhood, the ambition of military glory alone survived; and that lived on amid the dreary solitude of my prison, comforting many a lonely hour by memories of the past.
The moments in which such daydreamsare indulged are the very happiest of a lifetime.
Nottingham was always bringing to the closet intelligence of the wild daydreams in which a few old eaters of calf's head, the remains of the once formidable party of Bradshaw and Ireton, still indulged at taverns in the city.
He was certain that they were not warranted by any intelligence which had arrived from any part of Great Britain; and he considered them as the mere daydreams of a feeble mind.
In what works of local introspection can I study the daydreams of Brixton, the curiosities and discouragements of Camberwell or Ealing?
In the violence of her surprise of hearing a voice, so often heard in her daydreams now, here, in this unexpected place between sky and ground, she started so that she lost her balance.
Only one more night, now, in the long, narrow Club bedroom where she had dreamed that queer flying dream, and so many others, so many longing daydreams about him!
The daydreams which he had so often seen in those flames were receding farther and farther away.
That one glance showed that the girl was the mother's special idol; that she loved her with a worship which was almost idolatry, that she was a shade more proud of her and dreamt more daydreams about her than about any of the others.
One of these lovely daydreams in all its detail may be found here.
In all the daydreams of ambition in which youth indulges, there is this advantage over the projects of maturer years,--the past never mingles with the future.
Many of our highest hopes and aspirations--the daydreams that made life glorious--pass before our eyes, and become the poor and empty pageants of the hour.
But the dissatisfied woman, the unhappy woman, finds her daydreams pleasant and unpleasant at the same time.
Inspirited by this wind of promise, my daydreams become more fervent and vivid.
In my own daydreams I was a farmer driving his own team; in my mother's a preacher, though she had regretfully to admit that I might never be good enough for this profession.
It is even said that, among the daydreams in which they indulged, one was that their firstborn might be an astronomer.
All the incidents and accidents of an eventful existence were the very things to delight her, and one of her happiest daydreams was to fancy herself her father's companion in his wanderings by flood and field.
In these rosy daydreams the hours flew, and on the second day after posting his letter he received a reply.
But daydreams must end With the red setting sun And, like autumn leaves, Succumb to decay.
If that sleepy old court could rouse itself, and present in any visible form the daydreams I have had in it about Dora, it would reveal my truth.
Interrupted in my daydreams by Lady Horsingham's bell, and huddled on my things in a tremendous hurry; forced to wash my hands in cold water, which made the tips of my fingers as red as radishes for the rest of the day.
I've had to be very careful about my daydreams ever since.
Without this last provision, the products of our imagination are daydreams with their "castles in Spain," which may be pleasing and proper enough on occasions, but which as an habitual mode of thought are extremely dangerous.
Emboldened by her indulgence, I threw back the calash from her polished brow, and suffered my fingers, white and delicate as her own, to stray among those dark and glossy curls which realized my daydreams of rich hair.
And certainly most of all because crowds and tumult would have utterly unfitted the apostles to learn the hard lesson, how vain their daydreams were, and what a trial lay before their Master.
As he rejected the pure light of self-sacrifice, and the false light of his romantic daydreams faded, no curb was left on the baser instincts which are latent in the human heart.
In this hypnoidal state a strongly heightened suggestibility exists and trivial external causes give daydreams their direction.
Often in this condition of narrowed consciousness, thedaydreams are spun and have such a power of convincing that they later make the basis for pathological lies and swindling.
From ruling on a splendid kingly throne A nation which beneath my rule has grown 30 Year after year in wealth and arts and might: I wake from daydreams to this real night.
From wandering through many a solemn scene Of opium visions, with a heart serene And intellect miraculously bright: I wake from daydreams to this real night.
From writing a great work with patient plan 45 To justify the ways of God to man, And show how ill must fade and perish quite: I wake from daydreams to this real night.
From desperate fighting with a little band Against the powerful tyrants of our land, 50 To free our brethren in their own despite: I wake from daydreams to this real night.
From drinking fiery poison in a den Crowded with tawdry girls and squalid men, Who hoarsely laugh and curse and brawl and fight: I wake from daydreams to this real night.
From making hundreds laugh and roar with glee By my transcendent feats of mimicry, And humour wanton as an elvish sprite: I wake from daydreams to this real night.
From pleading in a senate of rich lords For some scant justice to our countless hordes Who toil half-starved with scarce a human right: 15 I wake from daydreams to this real night.
From prayer and fasting in a lonely cell, 25 Which brought an ecstasy ineffable Of love and adoration and delight: I wake from daydreams to this real night.
From picturing with all beauty and all grace First Eden and the parents of our race, A luminous rapture unto all men's sight: I wake from daydreams to this real night.
From preaching to an audience fired with faith The Lamb who died to save our souls from death, Whose blood hath washed our scarlet sins wool-white: 35 I wake from daydreams to this real night.
They were salient neither in nightmares as it was not night, nor daydreams as this word only had positive connotations, but in a sense, daymares.
Daydreams have some motive force behind them, as can be judged from the absorption of the dreamer in his dream, and also from an examination of the end-results of this kind of imagination.
But fear daydreams also include worry, which seems at first to be an altogether unpleasant state of mind, forced upon us and not indulged in as most daydreams are.
It seems likely, then, that dreams are like daydreamsin affording gratification to desires.
How far does the account of daydreams given in the text square with your own daydreams, and how far does it seem inadequate?
Dreams Let us turn now from daydreams to dreams of the night.
The mother is prone to make her son the hero of daydreams and so to gratify her pride in him.
Daydreams usually have a hero and that hero is usually the dreamer's self.
But one who is lacking in force, especially the personal force needed in dealing with other people, may take refuge in daydreamsas a substitute for real doing.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "daydreams" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
